On Thursday 18 April, The Crown Princess attended the Sweden-America Foundation's annual meeting and scholarship presentation at the Canadian Embassy in Stockholm.

During the annual meeting, Canada's ambassador Kenneth Macartney spoke about Swedish-Canadian friendship. The USA's ambassador Mark Brzezinski gave a speech to the scholarship recipients, and Mats Sundin spoke about a new research collaboration. The Crown Princess presented the Sweden-America Foundation's scholarships to 26 students, who are being given the opportunity to study in North America. The Sweden-America Foundation was founded in 1919, after the end of the First World War, to increase and strengthen links between Sweden and the USA. Canada joined the foundation in 1950. Find out more about the Sweden-America Foundation here.